§ MR. G. C. T. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that in the transfer of some of the Indian Guaranteed Railway Stocks the Companies require a certificate of burial in the case of the death of one of the holders, and will not accept a certificate of death; whether he is aware that this often involves great difficulty and delay; and whether he will consider the advisability of altering this requirement in future?
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. HENRY FOWLER,) WolverhamptonThe Indian Guaranteed Railway Companies are administered by their respective Boards of Directors. I have ascertained that though the procedure followed by each of the Companies varies somewhat in detail, the general practice is to accept either certificates of death or of burial.